Quality

Mandating stringent quality and performance standards is imperative to safeguard consumers from potential exploitation in the burgeoning rooftop solar market. The technology to do this exists, but we need to see if the will is there.

The funding scheme, with a total budgetary outlay of INR 200 crore till FY 2025-26, will support the development of robust quality and performance testing facilities to ensure quality, sustainability, and safety in green hydrogen production and trade.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory noted an increase in spontaneous glass breakage in solar panels. The PV Module Index from the Renewable Energy Test Center investigates this and other glass-related trends in solar manufacturing.

Sixteen different Goldi Solar modules were highlighted in the Kiwa PVEL Module Reliability Scorecard.

Jakson Solar’s Helia range of mono PERC PV modules, both monofacial and bifacial variants, attained Top Performer status in the 2024 PV Module Reliability Scorecard by Kiwa PVEL (PV Evolution Labs).

Emmvee Group has emerged as the only Indian solar panel manufacturer to be a top performer across all categories in the Kiwa PVEL PQP testing for 2024.

Adani Solar is the only Indian manufacturer to be rated Top Performer for seven consecutive years in PVEL testing for PV module quality and reliability.

Vikram Solar’s Paradea 108/120/144 half-cut cell modules were recognized as top performers in PVEL testing.

The independent test lab Kiwa PVEL names 53 manufacturers and 388 models–a record number of Top Performers in the ten-year history of the Scorecard.

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), Extel Energy, and PI Berlin have unified under the Kiwa brand. Dutch company Kiwa, which has acquired the three PV testing laboratories over the past three years, says it aims to more effectively present its range of services for the solar industry.